Recipe review - Pizza Dough EDC

[Vivaroo]

I've made plenty of good pizza dough pre-TMX and I was really happy with the EDC recipe. It's so easy. Give it a go fellow newbies! 

Slightly tweaked as I used about 30% wholemeal flour and the rest plain flour with 2 tsps of vital wheat gluten added to make it strong bread flour.  I'll probably use more wholemeal next time.  I couldn't resist giving it a bit of a knead by hand because I love the feel of dough, and was pleasantly surprised at how good a job TMX did.  At the demo I wasn't really sold on the bread-making capabilities, it was all the healthy salads I (still am) going to make... ownership only 6 days, 3 or is it 4 batches of custard!!  My next bread adventure might have to be Everything Bagels, if anyone's been to New York you know what I'm talking about.  Oh and I can't forget the samosas.  I really shouldn't get so excited mid-week but here I am lining up things to try, bring on the weekend.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I always knead my dough a little by hand after the TM has finished kneading. I just love the feel of it. We love the EDC pizza dough too.

[DizzyGirl]

Can you freeze the baked pizza bases?

[judydawn]

DG, you can bake it just until it's done, let it cool completely, and then wrap tightly and freeze. This way, when you want pizza next time, all you have to do is thaw the crust, top it, and bake just a few minutes!

[DizzyGirl]

Thank you JD, pizzas are usually a Friday night treat as I don't get home from work til 6.30pm and want to be able to whip something up quickly.

[Lellyj]

I also often freeze the dough in a ball, defrost and roll out, top etc.  Find it's very quick if the dough is all ready.

[DizzyGirl]

Thanks Lellyj, so I could just remove from freezer in the morning, come home roll it out and I am ready to go.

[Lellyj]

That's what I do, the yeast is pretty dead, so it won't continue to rise when it's defrosted.  Just put it in the fridge in the morning.  Also doesn't take that long to defrost a 1 pizza size ball (I usually make 3 large, thin crust pizzas rather than 4 pizzas as specifiec in EDC) so even if you forget to take it out, it doesn't take that long to defrost.  I put it in the microwave once, which I wouldn't recommend as it started to cook on the outside.

[cecilia]

Mmmmm - Pizza Bianca:

[Denzelmum]

I froze leftover and decided to make calzone for DD's lunch box. Just defrost, put the filling and bake. Turn out great!

[AussieMum2Boys]

Made garlic pizza bread with half the dough... yum! Made pizza scrolls with the other half... yummo!

[cookie1]

Great idea. They look very tasty.

[kyton]

We had pizzas last night - bacon corn and cheese for the kids, smoked salmon, pesto, cream cheese topped with rocket and red onion for the parents.

I love this recipe - made the dough before ducking out to so the weekly shopping. Rose beautifully high resting on top of my coffee machine.

[BeezeeBee]

Maddy, the picture of your pizza made me drool. Will search for tandoori recipe next, now that I've read this thread.

The recipe in EDC mentioned 30g fresh yeast or 1 sachet dry yeast. Can I assume 1 sachet means 7g of dry yeast?

[BeezeeBee]

Very easy to make. Saves power too, compared to using the breadmaker or kitchenAid. Topped with chilli tuna, pineapples and basil.



The boys loved the pizza!